OMP is charged with a wide range of functions and duties which include;

• Issuance of a certificate to relatives of missing and disappeared persons to enable the Department of the Registrar General to issue Certificates of Absence (CoAs);

• Making recommendations to the relevant authorities to ensure non-recurrence;

• Providing recommendations to the office on reparations to grant family revival payment.

• Providing or facilitating the provision of administrative assistance and welfare services that include psycho-social support to the relatives of the missing and disappeared;

• Developing and enforcing a database that will include all particulars concerning missing and disappeared persons;

• Creating public awareness of the causes, incidence, and effects of missing and disappeared persons, and facilitating support among the general public to fulfill their needs

• Protecting the rights and interests of missing and disappeared persons and their relatives

• Identifying proper avenues of redress for missing and disappeared persons

• Collection data related to missing and disappeared persons from existing sources and centralize all available information in a database.